Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS) and Siemens announced a formal partnership to integrate Siemens’ Digital Factory solutions with Stratasys’ additive manufacturing solutions. The partnership is intended to lay the foundation for the two companies to … [Read more...] about Stratasys and Siemens plan to take additive manufacturing to volume production
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Trumpf to use Siemens software for its additive manufacturing systems
Laser system manufacturer Trumpf and engineering technology leader Siemens announced a new partnership to help industrialize laser metal fusion technology and make the additive manufacturing process for metal parts an integral part of the production … [Read more...] about Trumpf to use Siemens software for its additive manufacturing systems
How to make 3D printing fit manufacturing realities
“Control and consistency are concepts firmly entrenched in, and vital to, traditional manufacturing but not widely associated with Additive Manufacturing (AM),” says Tim Van den Bogaert, Materialise Director New Businesses. “Unlike subtractive … [Read more...] about How to make 3D printing fit manufacturing realities
Siemens to deliver end-to-end additive manufacturing software
Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) business has been making moves into the additive manufacturing industry for several months now. (Siemens to collaborate with HP Inc. to elevate 3D printing from prototyping to full production; Local Motors … [Read more...] about Siemens to deliver end-to-end additive manufacturing software
Software predicts residual stress in metal laser sintering builds
3DSIM LLC, a software company providing products and services on the simulation of Additive Manufacturing (AM), announced its exaSIM Beta Software, a cloud-based AM simulation tool that gives metal laser sintering users insight into residual stress … [Read more...] about Software predicts residual stress in metal laser sintering builds
Fictiv streamlines communications to its online interface
With Fictiv’s recently added Live Annotations feature, users get immediate manufacturing feedback from Fictiv engineers, which helps in the production of better user products. “Often valuable design for manufacturing feedback is only available … [Read more...] about Fictiv streamlines communications to its online interface
More control over additive builds with Concept Laser Parameter Editor
Certain parts of the additive manufacturing process can be a challenge, especially for the process engineer setting up the additive machine for a build. Different parameters work better for different geometries. But, depending on the additive machine … [Read more...] about More control over additive builds with Concept Laser Parameter Editor
Software optimizes parts for 3D printing
The latest version of Siemens’ NX software (NX 11) offers Convergent Modeling, a new modeling paradigm that simplifies the ability to work with geometry consisting of a combination of facets, surfaces and solids, without the need for time-consuming … [Read more...] about Software optimizes parts for 3D printing
3D inspection capabilities on Geomagic Control X software
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced Geomagic® Control X software for 3D inspection and metrology. 3D Systems Geomagic Control X is intuitive software with a comprehensive and innovative toolset for the professional metrology process. It includes … [Read more...] about 3D inspection capabilities on Geomagic Control X software
3MF extensions address needs for productivity and full part description
The 3MF Consortium (3MF) released two free specification extensions to its 3MF Core Specification 1.1 for general availability. These extensions are the 3MF Production Extension and the 3MF Slice Extension. They will enable high-volume additive … [Read more...] about 3MF extensions address needs for productivity and full part description